OECD’s Regulatory Environmental Programme Implementation Network (REPIN) assists countries in the Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) region in promoting and implementing environmentally effective, economically efficient environmental policies and regulations. REPIN’s work programme focuses on assisting individual countries to (1) strengthen environmental policy instruments; (2) strengthen environmental enforcement instruments and strategies; and (3) improve performance of environmental enforcement agencies. Emphasis is placed on environmental issues related to industrial enterprises and publicly supported infrastructure.
In assisting countries to reform environmental laws and regulations, REPIN is supporting EECCA countries as they seek to have their laws and institutions converge with those set forth in EU environmental Directives. This is not quite a full approximation with the acquis communautaire, but a series of steps in that direction: the process uses the principles, procedures, and key features of EU environmental Directives as references for reviewing and reforming environmental policies and practices in EECCA countries.
For more information, contact angela.bularga@oecd.org, eugene.mazur@oecd.org , or krzysztof.michalak@oecd.org